Responding to Trust, Reclaiming the Sun

Divine Lord Ci Ji's gaze swept over the streams of information surging through the Spirit Realm.

With a thought from her, the phantom of the Nine Heavens Primordial Sun Pagoda appeared within the Spirit Realm. With a thunderous boom, it suppressed the streams of information, sealing away every rumor concerning the situation.

But Divine Lord Ci Ji knew that such suppression was only temporary.

As time passed, intelligence concerning the war would inevitably spread through University City, and more and more teachers and students of Ten Thousand Methods would come to understand the dire circumstances they now faced.

In Divine Lord Ci Ji's eyes, she could already see the scene unfold—stock prices, bonds, currency values... all collapsing one after another with the losses of war.

More and more people would scramble to flee in a stampede. Panic would spread through the entire market and university, worsening the situation until it grew ever more dire. In the end, more and more people would flee University City, perhaps even joining the Righteous Qi Alliance.

This was one reason Azure Wood Divine Lord had wanted to arrange Zhang Yu's evacuation as soon as possible. The avalanche might come faster than anyone imagined. As she pondered this, report after report appeared before Divine Lord Ci Ji.

Another probe?

Ever since their defeat in the Moon Battle, Ci Ji had continuously received proposals from Nascent Soul True Lords throughout the university. Overtly or covertly, every one of those proposals sought to cut the resource supply to her and her subordinates, weakening her authority and wealth.

Divine Lord Ci Ji knew that behind those Nascent Soul True Lords stood Divine Lord An Zhen and Divine Lord Qi Yun. They were constantly testing her in every way, and Ci Ji understood that perfectly well.

In Kunxu, victory